Should Jury System Be Scrapped Debate Stirs Press Views
A San Jose Mercury News reader argues the jury system is flawed and should be scrapped if trials are swayed by press coverage. He urges better jury selection and warns against overreliance on pretrial publicity while noting Bible teaching can fit education as literature and history.
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Roger Tatarian
United Press International
Richard Speck
Tatarian
U.P.I
J. Alvin Kugelmass
San Jose
Calif
Mercury News
Kugelmass
Supreme Court
Sheppard
Macon
Cuban Art Auction Sparks Castro Pressure From Cuba to West
An advertisement in a Montreal paper promotes a bid of more than 1 million dollars for a Cuba art consignment, including museum pieces, porcelain, and bronzes. The piece notes Cuban looting by Castro’s regime and cites Western buyers stepping back as Soviet support tightens Havana’s finances, with steps planned to intensify pressure.
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Cuba
Castro
Switzerland
Italy
Fidel Castro
Havana
Moscow
Raleigh Register subscription and delivery details
The Raleigh Register published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists home delivery by carrier or distributor with rates for daily and Sunday service, half-month, and monthly options. It notes change of address procedures, West Virginia sales tax, independent contractor status of carriers, and non-responsibility for advance subscriptions.
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West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
West Virginia Coal’s Dark Legacy Described in Editorial
The Mountaineer reviews an August 7 1966 Sunday Register editorial arguing coal underlay West Virginia wealth and population, detailing absentee owners and coal barons who controlled mines camps and communities, the Superintendents power, segregated housing, company stores, and a system akin to feudal rule. The piece notes the moral and social costs and hints at reform.
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Sunday Register
West Virginia
Fayette
McDowell
Raleigh
Wyoming
America
George III
England
Coal Company
France holds world’s second largest gold stockpile
Paris reports France has risen to the world’s second largest gold reserves, surpassing Britain and Italy in the 1960s while U.S. holdings dwindle. President de Gaulle openly pursued a policy to convert dollars to gold, signaling a strategic shift in reserve assets and contributing to the U.S. drain.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Paris
UPI
Bank of France
Fort Knox
America
France
Europe
U.S
United States
U.S. Treasury
Henry Fowler
Fowler
Britain
Italy
West Germany
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Stamp Market Booming In Britain Drives Stamp Boom
Stamp collectors and inflation hedgers pour money into philately as the global market booms. British issues lead demand due to the post office’s four year pattern of frequent, well produced special issues in small runs.
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New York
UPI
Free World
British Post Office
Stamp market boom echoes wartime intrigue abroad
In Raleigh files from 1941, stamp values surge as British, German, French and Italian issues rise amid wartime sentiment. Collectors and investors, including Texas magnates, hoard stamps in vaults while U S and European markets expand. experts note prewar U S issues up 7 to 10 percent this year.
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Charlotte Downs
Stamps Magazine
United Nations
Charles DeMato
Harmer, Rooke, Inc
U. S
British Philate
50 Years Ago From the 1916 Files Of F. M. Cook
F. M. Cook, recently general manager of the Winning Gas Coal Co., has bought the D. S. Cline brick bungalow in Mabscott and moved his family in. Mrs. E. W. Hendricks, sister of Deputy Sheriff F. B. Wyatt who died in the Winding Gulf riot on June 6, attended trials and left for Davy to visit friends before returning to Roanoke, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
F. M. Cook
Winning Gas Coal Co
D. S. Cline
Mabscott
E. W. Hendricks
F. B. Wyatt
Winding Gulf
Davy
Roanoke
J. Raiford Watkins
Randolph Norton
The
Charlotte
N. C
Observer
Thomas F. Stafford
Bug Dust Don’t Let Your Name Get On Anyone’s List
A humorous essay by Bob Wills notes junk mail woes from a newspaper office perspective. It chronicles persistent misaddressed mail, former editors still receiving letters, and a playful rant on the barrage of promotional lists, ending with a nod to small benefits for paper and printing industries.
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Bob Wills
Garden City
N. Y
Prayer For Today Inspiring college wisdom and learning prayer
Almighty God in Whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge grant Thy blessings upon all colleges and universities Keep alive in them a love of learning Save students and teachers from narrow judgments and futile contention Cultivate loyalty to truth and courage to face the unknown May their minds be clean hearts pure and faith unwavering So may the light of truth shine with brightness over the earth for Thy name's sake Amen Joseph R Sizoo professor of religion and director of University Chapel George Washington University Washington DC
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Joseph R. Sizoo
Washington, D. C
University Chapel
George Washington University
Nixon as GOP fall-back in 1968 race rises in chatter
The piece analyzes Ronald Reagan and Pat Brown as California race contenders and positions Richard Nixon as a GOP fall-back. It notes Nixon’s ongoing public presence, his Saigon stint and U.S. News article, and his stance on civil disobedience and race relations as shaping a cautious, broad appeal for a potential 1968 campaign.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
Pat Brown
California
George Romney
Michigan
Brown
Reagan
Richard M. Nixon
Romney
Nixon
U. S. News and World Report
U. S
Richard Nixon
Bobby Kennedy
New York
Kennedy
Humphrey
Chicago
NAACP
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